The four girls stood parked under a streetlight on the right side of the highway, awaiting the return of Saki. Each leaned against their bike impatiently. They had been stopped for around 15 minutes.

"Look! There she is!" Lily pointed at a red figure speeding towards them.

Maria, Ai, and Junko looked up to see Saki skid to a stop before them.

"What the hell took you so long?!" Maria asked. "I was starting to get worried, damn it!"

Saki looked up, grinning from ear to ear. "Oh, man! You missed it! I just fought Korosuke!"

"You fought Korosuke?" Ai asked. "All of them?"

"Yeah! Look!" She held up her hands. Each had plenty of little splotches of blood on them. "And check this out!" She lifted up her shirt to reveal a clear hole through her abdomen. "I got stabbed!"

"Gross! Get it away!" Lily yelled.

Junko gasped and covered her eyes. "Don't show me that!"

"Oh, sorry," she said. She turned to Maria. "Anyway, let's get you home so I can go home and shower."

"I can go alone," Maria said coldly as she climbed onto her bike. "You all go to your house in Saga or whatever."

"Alright." She turned to the girls. "Let's go!" She sped into a U-turn and head back from where she came.

Maria watched the zombies speed off into the night. Once they were out of sight, she put her head in her hands and climbed off. "Ugh, what am I doing?" She sat down next to her bike and groaned. "The hell am I gonna do with this?" She stared into the night for a few moments and zoned out.

"Hey, Maria!" Saki yelled.

She scrambled to her feet. "Huh? What?!" She turned to see that the four zombies had returned. "What is it?!"

"I forgot to ask. You think we can have the day off tomorrow?"

She looked down. "Oh. Yeah, sure. Whatever."

She frowned. Something's not right… "Hey. You alright?"

She looked up. "I'm fine, I just" She sighed. "Which do you think works out better, Korosuke knowing I stole one of their bikes or my mom knowing I stole one of their bikes?"

She put her hand to her chin. Hmm, Korosuke would just take it back, but Reiko would flip out. I'd rather just have her flip out. "Probably your mom, but I wouldn't worry about that for more than one night."

"Huh?"

She smiled. "You should come to Saga and spend the day with us tomorrow," she suggested. "Y'know, 'cause you never go to school anyway."

Maria blinked. "Seriously?"

Ai shrugged. "I don't see why not."

"I suppose it is important for us to bond…" Junko said.

"You should come meet pappy!" Lily cheered.

"And I can mod your bike to look totally different," Saki added. "No one would be able to tell it was from Korosuke. If you want."

"Y-yeah! Totally!" Maria accepted, smiling. "When should I be there?"

"Uh…" She turned to Ai.

"Eleven," Ai said with a blank stare.

Saki turned back towards her. "Eleven!"

"Alright! I'll be there!" She smiled excitedly as she climbed back onto her bike. "See you then!"

The girls watched their human friend speed off.

"I swear, you all are lost without me," Ai sighed.

Saki smiled and took a deep breath. Glad I've got someone who can fill the void you left, Reiko. She turned and climbed onto her bike. "Let's go. We've gotta see how Obi-wan dies."

"He doesn't die!" She yelled. "Why do you two keep thinking he's gonna die?! He doesn't!"


"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sakura yelled as she struggled to maintain her balance. She looked down at the road below flying past her nervously.

Kozue gritted her teeth. "Come on! How're you gonna knock down Saki if you can't handle a high-speed kick yourself?! You gotta be able to take it!"

That's right! I have to catch them! She looked back up at the girl who had kicked her and straightened herself out. "Sorry, Tae-chan!" She delivered a kick that sent her tumbling to the ground.

"Grauauagh!" Tae moaned loudly as she rolled across the concrete. One of her arms went flying.

She staggered slightly, but kept her balance and came to a regular stop a moment later. She smiled and looked up at Kozue. "That was good, right?!"

"Yeah! That's how it's done!" She cheered. She bent down and helped Tae to her feet. "Weird to see something you're better than Tae at, though."

"Graough…" she moaned as she climbed back up to her feet. She bit her mask again.

"You were great, Tae-chan!" Sakura yelled from her bike. "You just need a little practice with the kicks!"

She stuck Tae's arm back onto her shoulder. "Alright, then! I want you to take an hour or so and practice kicking. You should be able to teach her to knock you down."

"H-huh? Me? Why don't you?"

"Because teaching her how to kick requires falling over! And as a human, I can't do that as often as you can!"

"Oh yeah…"

"Besides, look who's here!" She pointed to the entrance of the driving school.

Sakura turned to see Misa with her arms crossed standing next to her bike. "Oh! Misa-san!"

"I'm gonna go talk to her. You teach Tae how to kick so she can knock down Saki." She climbed onto her bike.

She clenched her fist and nodded. "Okay! Come on, Tae-chan! Heel!"

Tae recognized the command and leaped onto her bike. She twisted the throttle and pulled up on Sakura's left.

"Alright! Here we go!" She twisted her own throttle and took off with Tae at her side.

Kozue nodded and twisted her throttle, sending her around the track at a leisurely pace. She pulled off a few meters from her boss. "Whoa, what happened to you?"

Misa sighed. "We had a run-in with Saki." It was evident. Her forehead had a massive bruise, her chin was swollen, and there was still an imprint of a boot on her midriff. "And as a result, plans have changed."

"What do you mean?"

"Saki was an incredible fighter. She's a natural." She put her hand to her forehead and winced as she felt her bruise. "She's a great rider, she's a great biker. She's everything I could ever hope to be."

Kozue stared up at her in silence.

She sighed. "We can't crush Dorami."

"Huh? But you've been trying to crush Dorami ever since you became the boss! That's, like, all you've been trying to do!"

"I'm not done," she continued. "We can't crush Dorami because we need to annex them instead. I can't afford to let an opportunity like this one pass. We have to recruit Saki and the other zombies to Korosuke."

"What?!" She looked back to the girls racing around the track. "But Sakura's working towards making them idols!"

"That's never going to work, and you know it."

She looked down. "I don't know. I'm just following orders."

Misa grabbed her by the chin and looked into her eyes. "Then you'll follow this one. You will continue to train Sakura under the impression that we will return the members of Dorami to her. We will use her to corner them and then we will recruit them. How soon will they be ready?"

Kozue gulped. "I'm giving them the final test tomorrow night."

She smiled. "Good. Then we'll challenge them on Tuesday night." She sat back down on her bike and turned it on. "I'm expecting results, Kozue. Don't disappoint me." She twisted her throttle and sped out of the lot.

She watched as her boss disappeared from sight. She turned back to the track, where Sakura was yelling commands at Tae and getting kicked repeatedly. She closed her eyes and sighed. "Come on, Sakura! If you wanna catch Saki, Tae's gotta be able to knock her over!"